Brigie de Courcy is an Irish television producer. Graduating from

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(UCD) with a PhD in

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, she began working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) as an assistant script editor on the Irish soap ''

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'' in 2000. After a promotion to Script Editor and successful stints as Story Editor and Story Producer on ''

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'', she transferred to the

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. She worked as Series Story Producer on ''

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'' under

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. This period, from 2005 to 2006, represented a return to form for the show. Criticism had been intense, with particular ire directed at "the quality of its storylines". The general recovery under Harwood, and the improvement in storylines under de Courcy, culminated in a

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for most popular series, as well as ''

s first

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nomination since 2002 and first victory since 2001. Harwood went on to become Head of Series and Serials at the BBC in October 2006, while de Courcy left shortly after for a spell in senior BBC management. In 2008, she returned to Irish television and was appointed Executive Producer of ''

''. During her reign, the soap has received critical acclaim for its more credible, sophisticated and psychological stories. Most recently she has become Script Producer of the new animated show on RTÉ called ''

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'' which is about

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and was brought in to celebrate 125 years of the

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(GAA).

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